dripping

Plural: drippings

Noun

• Fat or juice that drips from meat during cooking.
• a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
• the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
  • "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"
• Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
• The sound or action of something that drips.
• The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.

Verb

• fall in drops
  • "Water is dripping from the faucet"
• let or cause to fall in drops
• present participle and gerund of drip

Adverb

• extremely wet
  • "dripping wet"

Adj

• very wet.

Examples

• Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.
• The aroma of the dripping roast was a welcome distraction from his low Scrabble score.

Synonyms

dribble, drip, drippage, drop, soaking, sopping

Anagrams of dripping